downplaying

英 [ˌdaʊnˈpleɪɪŋ]

美 [ˌdaʊnˈpleɪɪŋ]

v.  对…轻描淡写; 使轻视; 贬低
downplay的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 对…轻描淡写;使轻视;贬低
  If youdownplaya fact or feature, you try to make people think that it is less important or serious than it really is.
  1. The government is trying to downplay the violence.
     政府试图对暴力行为低调处理。
  2. ...to downplay the dangers of nuclear accidents.
     对核事故的危险轻描淡写

双语例句

• Downplaying of the Police Uniform Culture and its Countermeasures
  警察服饰文化的淡化及对策
• But to suggest downplaying the significance of what little research there is in developing nations seems premature, and could carry substantial opportunity costs.
  但是忽视发展中国家小规模研究的意义似乎是一种并不明智的选择，这种做法会带来很大的机会成本。
• Dealers had every incentive to keep the market opaque and bespoke, which boosted margins and profits, while downplaying infrastructure issues.
  交易商有各种动机想维持市场的不透明状态和定制模式这有利于提高保证金和利润却不重视基础设施问题。
• However, the adjustments of Required Reserve Ratio has a strong impact on the economy which lead to adverse outcomes. So western countries are downplaying its role, set very low Required Reserve Ratios even equal to zero.
  然而法定存款准备金率的调整对经济的冲击比较大，容易产生不良后果，因此当今西方国家已经逐渐淡化了它的作用，设置极低甚至为零的准备金率。
• The strategy's emphasis on downplaying disputes appears to set a new guideline for PRC trade officials to moderate their responses to the United States on market access issues.
  此战略强调要忽视争端看来似乎为中国贸易官员调整对美国市场准入问题的回应建立起新的指导方针。
• The exploitation to read to draw near the distance between the host and guest body, downplaying the utility value judgment;
  利用诵读拉近主客体之间的距离，淡化功利价值判断；
• The senator is downplaying the significance of the issue.
  这位参议员在故意淡化这一问题的重要性。
• So we should put forward the countermeasures on the basis of analyzing the reason of the copied police uniform and its influence on the downplaying of the police uniform culture.
  因此，应从分析仿制警服出现的原因入手，探讨其对警察服饰文化的淡化的影响，并找出相应的治理对策。
• Because conceptual metaphor as well as the metonymy possesses the specific cognitive feature of highlighting and hiding some aspects of a concept, the euphemistic expressions organized by metaphor and metonymy play the role of downplaying the negative and unpleasant aspects of the tabooed things.
  认知语言学认为概念隐喻和转喻都具有突出一个概念的某个方面而同时掩盖其他方面的作用，所以通过隐喻和转喻形成的委婉语可以掩盖被禁忌概念中反面的，另人不愉快的方面。
• Because you've never practiced. You're so used to downplaying your accomplishments that being proud of yourself is like remembering calculus.
  因为你从没有练习。对自己的成绩过于不重视，你已经习以为常，以至于对自己感到骄傲就像在回忆积分学一样困难。